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The Alger Lookout Thespian Association production “The Rainmaker” opens on Friday night PAGE 8

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COMING UPin the area LOCAL MEDICAL HISTORY “Doctor, Doctor: A History of Healing in Skagit County” will open Friday, Jan. 30, and continue through April 12 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. A special opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Jan. 29. The exhibit will showcase items from the museum’s permanent collection relating to dentistry, surgery, vintage medications and even veterinary medicine. Also on display will be a variety of artifacts from Northern State Hospital.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger.

360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

GERMAN ENERGY TRANSITION Western Wash-

Metales M5 at McIntyre Metales M5, Mexico’s leading brass quintet, will present performances and master classes at 10 a.m. (grades 2-6) and noon (grades 6-12) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

According to a news release, since its founding in

2005 in Morelia, Michoacan, Metales M5 has been playing a wide variety of music without regard to genre: Baroque and contemporary music, opera and blues, pop, movie soundtracks, and folk music from Spain, Mexico, and other Latin American countries.

“Combining their skills at

fine classical chamber music, nonstop interaction with the audience, inborn showmanship, and their inimitable Latin American charm, M5 concerts are unique musicaltheatrical concert experiences.” $5. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

ington University assistant professor of Environmental Studies Thomas Webler will discuss Germany’s energy transition as part of Western’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. today, Jan. 29, in Communications Facility room 120 on the WWU campus in Bellingham. In his talk titled “The German Energy Transition: Can we do the same here?” Webler will offer an introduction to and update on Germany’s progress in its so-called Energiewende (Energy Transition) as it moves to fuel its heavily industrialized economy with renewable energy. Free. 360-650-2554.

DIETRICH BOOK SIGNING Local author William Dietrich will sign copies of his latest book, “The Murder of Adam and Eve,” from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Burlington Costco, 1725 South Burlington Boulevard, Burlington. Dietrich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and educator, having written several novels and worked for the Seattle Times, Vancouver (Wash.) Columbian and the Bellingham Herald, and taught at Western Washington University. william dietrich.com.

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MOVIES

Twentieth Century Fox via AP

Michael Keaton is shown in a scene from “Birdman,”

IFC Films via AP

Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane are shown in a scene from “Boyhood.”

Oscar Watch: ‘Birdman’ up, ‘Boyhood’ down ... for now Today, pundits are jumping off the “Boyhood” bandwagon, and not without reason. “Birdman’s” For the last few months, Rich- back-to-back SAG/PGA victories ard Linklater’s micro-budgeted, make it a formidible contender. experimental coming-of-age While only about 500 of the drama, “Boyhood,” has reigned PGA’s 6,500 voters also belong supreme as the least likely Best to the academy, the guild uses the Picture front-runner in the hissame preferential balloting systory of the Oscars, winning the tem as the Oscars. And since the Golden Globe, multiple critics group shifted to that system, mirprizes and a boundless supply of roring the academy in 2009, every goodwill.

PGA winner has gone on to win That kingpin status changed the Best Picture Oscar. this weekend as “Birdman,” the The fact that actors, who make dark, dazzling comedy about an up one-fifth of the academy’s actor attempting reinvention, membership, also like “Birdtook top honors with the Produc- man” obviously bodes well for its ers Guild of America and the chances.

Screen Actors Guild.

And while you could (and Suddenly, that “Boyhood” some have) dismiss the “Birdparty at the Chateau Marmont man” acclaim as an act of movie earlier this month, the one with industry self-love, the film’s the valet line stretching down themes — battling ego, aspiring Sunset Boulevard for blocks, to a better self — are universal. seems a little less like the corona“All of us have a Birdman,” tion it did when Linklater and Alejandro G. Inarritu, the movcompany were greeting long lines ie’s director and co-writer, said of well-wishers. at the Producers Guild breakfast

By GLENN WHIPP Los Angeles Times

Saturday. That’s a great hook, reaching beyond neurotic actors to neurotic people in general.

Which, in Hollywood, pretty much encompasses everyone.

So, no, “Boyhood” did not have a good weekend. But its camp isn’t going all Chicken Little, either. Linklater could well win Directors Guild of America honors in a couple of weeks, an award that also goes a long way in predicting the best picture race.

(If Inarritu wins, forget it.

“Birdman” will own the Oscars.)

And even if Linklater’s name isn’t called, “Boyhood” could still win. Just last year, Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”) took the DGA and the director Oscar, but “12 Years a Slave” still prevailed for best picture.

And “Boyhood” wasn’t completely shut out. Patricia Arquette won supporting actress honors at SAG, joining Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”) and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”) as award-season stalwarts who will soon become

newly minted Oscar winners.

With just four main actors, “Boyhood” was always a long shot to take SAG’s ensemble award, but Arquette’s win shows some strength. Now its backers will just have to be a bit more aggressive in reminding the academy why they clogged Sunset a few weeks ago.

Meanwhile, the one acting race that remains most in play — lead actor — received a little more clarity with Eddie Redmayne’s SAG win for playing Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” The last 10 SAG lead actor winners have gone on to take the Oscar. (Johnny Depp’s Capt. Jack Sparrow in ‘03 was the last one to lose.) So, in a race that has flipped back and forth between Redmayne and “Birdman’s” Michael Keaton, Redmayne jumps back in front.

But it’s not a done deal. The academy usually honors veteran actors. At 33, Redmayne is four years older than Adrien Brody,

the youngest actor to win the lead category (“The Pianist,” 2003).

But Redmayne looks like he’s about 15, which plays well to the adolescent girls singing along with the “Les Miserables” soundtrack, but not necessarily to male academy members in their 60s.

Bradley Cooper also has his backers for his intense, inward turn in “Sniper.” Benedict Cumberbatch would probably have more if maybe a couple of those “Imitation Game” ads from the Weinstein Co. mentioned how great he was at playing Alan Turing instead of focusing solely on the greatness of Turing himself.

But Harvey Weinstein long ago realized that his movie had a better chance of winning than its lead. And despite the weekend’s events, the Best Picture race remains a work in progress, one whose outcome will remain in doubt until the envelope is opened.

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OUT & ABOUT ART PAINTINGS AT THE ART BAR: Original artwork by La Conner artist Dee Doyle is on display through Jan. 31 at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Doyle’s watercolor, mixed media, acrylic and encaustic paintings have been displayed at numerous regional art shows, including La Conner’s Annual Art’s Alive! 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“A FESTIVE COLLECTION”: Check out a collection of new paintings

by Anne Martin McCool, McCool Gallery artists and guests continuing through January at 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Participating artists include Peter Belknap and Cathy Schoenberg, paintings; Tracy Powell, sculptures; Stephen Roxborough and Bryce Mann, photography; Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy Schoenberg, Marguerite Goff and Barbara Hathaway, ceramics; George Way and Art Learmonth, wood; Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, jewelry; Martha Tottenham, handwoven scarves; Jane Hyde, baskets; Vicki Hampel, gourd art; and other artists.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

BILL BALL “FIREBALL”: A show of abstract expressionist and surrealist paintings by longtime Skagit County resident Bill Ball continues through January at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Ball said he discovered he was an artist 15 months ago at the Burning Man Festival when he was given a wall on which he painted a vibrant, multicolored mural. “I came home and converted my living room into my new art stu-

dio,” he said. 360-466-5522 or rexvillegrocery.com.

NORTHWEST ART: Three new exhibits continue through March 11 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Sunday and Monday. Free admission. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

“Still Life from the Permanent Collection”: Exhibitions director Lisa Young examines interiors through the historically rich tradition of the still life. Recent acquisitions are featured, along with works by Mark Tobey, Walter Isaacs, Maxine Martell, Spencer Moseley and contemporary artists drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.

“A Tree is a Kind of Big Flower: Flora C. Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick”: Mace and Kirkpatrick present botanical sculptures and sensitive casein paintings that pay homage to their deep reverence for the outside world. By capturing the essence of a flower or a tree stump, the artists invite the viewer to witness the elegance of a tiger lily or the husky texture of mosscovered bark.

“Adrianne Smits: Immersion Redux: Buiten (Outside)”: Smits’ painting style invokes similarities to artists of the “mystic painters” movement in the Northwest, such as Mark Tobey, Morris Graves and Guy Anderson. Smits said, “In larger compositions I interpret and emphasize visual details from my encounters with nature in order to communicate the complexity of natural systems beyond their cursory picturesque value.”

NEW QUILT SHOWS: Three new shows continue through March 29 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St.,

WINTER FILM SERIES

“Witness for the Prosecution” will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., as part of the library’s Winter Film Series. The film will be introduced by Movie Man Nick Alphin. “Witness for the Prosecution” features Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich in a courtroom “whodunit” based on an Agatha Christie play, directed by Billy Wilder. A fabled barrister, defending a man accused of murdering a rich widow, is blindsided when the man’s wife agrees to testify as a witness for the prosecution. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org La Conner: “Night Thoughts with Larkin Van Horn”: A couple years ago, Van Horn started keeping a notebook near her bed to jot down stray ideas in the night. Sometimes she’d wake up to find unintelligible scribblings that made no sense, and some ideas were just plain weird. But what did emerge were some recurring themes that turned into the short series presented in this exhibit: Shattered Circles, Labyrinths and Celtic Spirals, Gaia/Goddess Figures and Trees, as well as a collection of nonseries works on a variety of themes. Van Horn sometimes dyes or paints her own fabrics, but also uses commercial batiks.

Placing design elements on top of the backgrounds — whole cloth or fused collage — she adds stitching and embellishments, often incorporating fibers or beadwork in the finished piece.

“Freddy Moran’s Collage”: Artist/author Fred-

erica “Freddy” Duffy Moran is known for her unbridled use of bold color and original designs. Moran’s love for quiltmaking began later in life, at age 60, after she had excelled at other art forms.

Her quilts have appeared in national and international publications, including magazines, art books, calendars, textbooks and quilt books.

She is the author of “Freddy’s House: Brilliant Color in Quilts” and co-author of “Collaborative Quilting” with Gwen Marston.

“Antique Embroidered Quilts”: Crazy quilts, Redwork, Bluework and cross-stitch embroidered quilts are included in this exhibition. Crazy quilts were popular from 1880-1920s; the earlier quilts are often made of silk fabrics and embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. Redwork embroidery became popular for linens and quilts by the end of the 19th century. Embroidery continued in the 1930s with a large

variety of patterns made available through newspapers, magazines and by mail order. After World War II, cross-stitch kit quilts rose in popularity. These quilts were printed with the cross-stitch pattern, and the quilting design was often printed, too.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger.

360-466-4288 or laconner quilts.org.

century. 360-650-3193.

ART & DESIGN OPEN HOUSE: The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at 12636 Chilberg Road, just outside La Conner.

Check out the multimedia artwork and sketchbooks of Certificate in Art & Design students who have just completed two and a half years of study with Gail Harker.

Visit with the students, learn about the artistic journey they have undertaken and what themes they’ve SCULPTURE, PAINTINGS, explored. Free. 360-466-0110 PHOTOS: A show of artwork or gailcreativestudies.com.

by David Eisenhour, Todd J. Horton, Ed Kamuda and PHOTO EXHIBIT: “SKY,” Norman E. Riley continues featuring 18 color photothrough Feb. 22 at Gallery graphs by Aldo Panzieri, Cygnus, 109 Commercial St., continues through April La Conner. Also on display 25 at Ululate Gallery, 924 are new paintings by MagS. 11th St., Mount Vernon. gie Wilder and sculptures by Each image on display Clayton James. New to the connects the sky to earth gallery is Bellingham phoobjects and then connects tographer Norman E. Riley, the viewer to both. Panzwho creates an aesthetic ieri is a Los Angeles-based conundrum, requiring each photographer with 50 years’ assemblage he photographs experience in freelance, to contain the same three fashion, street, news and qualities. After meticulous police photography. Free construction, the photoadmission. 360-336-3882 or graph is made and the physi- ululate.org. cal evidence is destroyed.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 JURIED ART EXHIBIT: p.m. Friday through Sunday, Meet the artists of the 360-708-4787 or gallery Spring Juried Exhibit during cygnus.com. an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at MARITIME ART: Paintthe Jansen Art Center, 321 ings by noted Pacific North- Front St., Lynden. The exhiwest maritime artist Steve bition showcases the work Mayo are on display through of artists from around the March in Western Libraries region. The show will conSpecial Collections, on the tinue through May. 360-354Western Washington Uni3600 or jansenartcenter.org. versity campus in Bellingham. The exhibition includes ART SHOW: The AnaMayo’s latest watercolor cortes Arts Commission painting of Capt. George will present “The Birds & Vancouver’s vessels, H.M.S. The Bees” from 6 to 9 p.m.

Discovery and H.M.S. Cha- Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tham, as well as more of Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the his historical watercolors Depot Art & Community illustrating the voyages of Center, 611 R Ave., AnaVancouver, James Cook and cortes.

Robert Gray to the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th Continued on Page 6

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OUT & ABOUT Participating artists include Craig Weakley, Vince Streano, Laure Brooks, Kit Marcinko, Melissa Ballenger, Ati Ahkami, Jeff Aspne, Dee Doyle, Kathleen Kaska, Cynthia Richardson, Marius Hibbard, Joann Ossewarde, Lonny Heiner, Julie Bishop, Jan Kelly, Jazz Morgan, Don Codd, Fred Croydon, Carla MacDiarmid, Karla Locke and Rose Mary Tate. ana cortesartscommission.com.

Bryce Mann, photography; Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy Schoenberg, Marguerite Goff and Barbara Hathaway, ceramics; George Way and Art Learmonth, wood; Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, jewelry; Martha Tottenham, hand woven scarves; Vicki Hampel, gourd art, and other artists. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

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360-708-2801 or skagitcellars.com. n Silver Bell Winery, 106 S. First St., La Conner. Noon to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-757-9463 or silverbellwinery.com. n Dusty Cellars, 529 Michael Way, Camano Island. Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 360-3872729 or dustycellarswinery. com.

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ness walk along the Skagit Riverwalk from 4 to 6 p.m. today, Jan. 29, in downtown Mount Vernon. Instructions and lantern creation begin at 4 p.m. at Tri-Dee Arts, 215 S. First St., followed by the walk south along the rivANACORTES HOUSE HIS- erwalk at 5 p.m., ending at TORY: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. Ristretto for hot chocolate 10, Anacortes Museum, 1305 and apple cider. Free. For Eighth St., Anacortes. Learn information, contact Cathy about the Anacortes House Stevens at 425-321-7433.

History and Plaque Program and how to research the hisSMELT DERBY: The La tory of your home in a pre- Conner Rotary’s annual ART GALLERY: “Inscripsentation by the Anacortes Smelt Derby Festival will tion,” a show of paintings by AVIAN ART: A show of Historic Preservation Board. take place from 8 a.m. to Anne Martin McCool, will avian-influenced paintings Find out if your home is eli- 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. open with a reception durby Kat Houseman and Jusgible for the Anacortes His- A pancake breakfast to ing the First Friday Gallery tin Gibbens, and sculptures toric Register, and how you benefit La Conner High Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, from Peregrine O’Gormley, might qualify for tax breaks School seniors will be held Feb. 6, and continue through Kristin Loffer Theiss and for your renovation project. from 8 to 11 a.m. at Maple LECTURES February at the McCool Marceil DeLacy will open Free. 360-293-1915 or muse Hall, followed by fish paintAND TALKS Gallery, 711 Commercial with a reception for the um.cityofanacortes.org. ing and other children’s WORLD ISSUES FORUM: Ave., Anacortes. The gallery artists from 5 to 8 p.m. Satactivities from 10 a.m. to 2 Western Washington Uniwill also feature work by urday, Feb. 7, and continue p.m. The 5K and 10K Smelt MORE FUN versity’s Fairhaven College other gallery artists, includ- through Feb. 22 at Smith & Run, a 2K walk and Small GAME NIGHTS: The ing Tracy Powell, sculptures; Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey of Interdisciplinary StudFry Kids Dash will begin at Upper Skagit Library Disies holds its annual World Stephen Roxborough and Ave., Edison. The gallery 9:30 a.m. at the La Conner Issues Forum from noon to trict holds a free weekly is open from 11 a.m. to 5 Elementary School gym, 305 Board Game Night for all 1:20 p.m. Wednesdays in the p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or N. Sixth St. ages from 5 to 8 p.m. every Fairhaven College auditosmithandvallee.com.

The smelt fishing derby Friday, through Feb. 27, at rium on the WWU campus will run from 8 a.m. to 2 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., in Bellingham. Presentations FESTIVALS Concrete. Team Trivia Night p.m. at the La Conner pubare free and open to the RED WINE AND CHOCO- public. 360-650-2309 or wwu. will take place Friday, Feb. 6. lic docks. A new event for LATE: Sample a variety of Guests can enjoy hot drinks, adults, called Sliders, Suds & edu/fairhaven/news/world wines and fine chocolates baked goods and ice cream Spirits, will be held from 4 issuesforum. Next up: to 7 p.m. at Maple Hall, folduring the 10th annual Red for sale. 360-853-7939 or Feb. 4: “War Comes lowed by dancing to music Wine and Chocolate Festival Home: The Excessive Milita- upperskagit.lib.wa.us. from 7 to 10 p.m. by The from Friday through Sunday, rization of American PolicEsquires, with a smelt raffle Feb. 6-8, at several area win- ing”: with Seattle lawyer HISTORIC EXHIBIT: at 8 p.m. eries. $5 per person. Partici- Peter Danelo.

“Death Becomes Her: Las Cafeteras Cost: Children’s activities Mourning Fashions” conAfro-Mexican rhythms pating wineries include: are free, breakfast $6, fishing n Carpenter Creek Wintinues through March 15 at POLITICAL CARTOONS: & hip-hop beats from LA ery, 20376 E. Hickox Road, “Cartooning the Evergreen the Skagit County Historiderby $2, run/walk $20, dinner $12, dance $10. For a list Mount Vernon.

11 a.m. to 6 cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth February 6 State”: 6:30 p.m. Monday, of activities and run registrap.m. Friday through Sunday. Feb. 9, Burlington Public St., La Conner. This special tion: skagitsymphony.com or 360-848-6673 or carpenter exhibit features mourning Library, 820 E. Washington Late Nite 360-466-4778. creek.com. items from the museum’s Ave., Burlington. Join politiCatechism 3: n Eagle Haven Winery, collection. Museum hours cal cartoonist Milt Priggee BOTTLE-SIGNING EVENT: 8243 Sims Road, Sedroare 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday ‘Til Death as he shares a collection of Challenger Ridge Winery Woolley.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sunday.

Admission: images designed to explore Do Us Part will host a bottle-signing Saturday and Sunday. 360$5 adults, $4 seniors and what is considered acceptMore hilarious lessons 856-6248 or eaglehaven event for its 2015 Eagle Fesages 6-12, $10 families, free able commentary in the winery.com. from the Sister!

21st century. Priggee, whose for members and ages 5 and tival Red Blend commemorative edition wine from 2 n Glacier Peak Winery, younger. 360-466-3365 or cartoons appear in numerFebruary 13 & 14 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at 58575 Highway 20, Rockous publications in the state skagitcounty.net/museum. the winery, 43095 Challenger port. Noon to 6 p.m. Friday, including the Skagit Valley Road, Concrete. Nine-year11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday ILLUMINIGHT WINTER Herald, will explain how the old Natalie Lahr of Conand Sunday.

866-730-7586 or WALK: Learn to create your elements of political com360.416.7727 glacierpeakwinery.net. mentary are changing as the own paper lantern and then crete, last year’s winner of mcintyrehall.org the winery’s annual coloring n Edward Lynne Cellars, medium moves from print enjoy a 15-20 minute well-

contest, will sign bottles of wine with labels featuring her winning artwork. 425422-6988 or challengerridge. com.

FATHER/DAUGHTER VALENTINE BALL: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Mount Vernon High School cafeteria, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. For girls of all ages with their father/guardian age 18 or older. $22 per couple, $11 each additional girl.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. 360-336-6215.

GEM SHOW: The 50th annual Sweetheart of Gems Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 7-8, at the Oak Harbor Senior Activity Center, 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. Free admission. 360279-4580.

TULIP FEST AMBASSADOR EVENT: One boy and one girl will be selected as the 2015 Tulip Festival Ambassadors at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Cascade Mall center court, 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington.

The public is invited to watch as fourth- and fifthgrade boys and girls from Skagit County compete for the honor based on their responses to questions from the judges. The winners will represent the festival at events around the county and beyond. Student applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5.

For information or an application, contact the Tulip Festival office at 360-428-5959 or tulipfestival.org.

VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE: Dance to the big band music of Camano Junction from 7 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $15, includes snacks. No-host bar available. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “The Judge”: Direcseries is the best offertor David Dobkin is ing they can see via Upcoming lucky to have Robert antenna. It’s also one of movie releases Duvall and Robert the top 10 shows when Following is a partial Downey Jr. starring you factor in cable. schedule of coming movin his new trial drama.

This latest season — ies on DVD. Release Their Oscar-caliber just rolling out on PBS dates are subject to performances — includ— finds the Crawley change: ing Downey’s first outfamily and members standing performance of their staff facing FEB. 3 The Lucky One since his Oscar-nomithe usual collection of Dracula Untold nated effort in “Chapemotional trials. The big Ouija lin” more than two difference is they are John Wick decades ago — give this played out against the The Best of Me familiar family-centric Roaring Twenties.

Whiplash tale of small-town jusHector and the Search The DVD set comes for Happiness tice new life. with more than 40 minThe Disappearance of The screenplay utes of additional video.

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by Nick Schenk and “Jean de Florette / Bill Dubuque is careManon of the Spring”: FEB. 10 fully structured to bring Gerard Depardieu stars Alexander and the father and son together.

Terrible, Horrible, No in these two films about They put the characters Good, Very Bad Day greed and survival.

Nightcrawler on an emotional and “The Book of Life”: Addicted judicial collision course A young man sets out Rosewater that leaves both men on an epic quest.

Kill the Messenger battered and bruised.

“Justice League: The Song The pacing is just right Throne of Atlantis”: so that any changes FEB. 17 Heroes face threat from Dumb and Dumber To they experience feel Atlantians.

St. Vincent carried by the forgive“Art and Craft”: The Theory of Everything ness that often comes Examines the life of art Birdman with the passing of time. forger Mark Landis.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 29-February 5

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 30-February 5

Thursday.29

FRIDAY.30

SATURDAY.31

WAYNE HAYTON 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-4453000.

SUPER BOWL WEEKEND KICKOFF PARTY The Naughty Blokes (pictured) and 3-Legged Dog, 8:30 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. No cover.

THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.30-31 ‘THE RAINMAKER’ Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com. Pictured: Amanda James and Tom Ochiai.

Friday.30 DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-4245144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

THURSDAY.29

Saturday.31

Broken Bow Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-9822649.

DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-4245144 or altatheatre.com.

FRIDAY.30 Wayne Hayton: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Midnight Son: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Cleopatra Degher: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Prom Queen, Ben Von Wildenhaus, Cheeto Dust (former PRND): 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

“Jay White is America’s Diamond” (Neil Diamond tribute): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $21$25. 877-275-2448.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Super Bowl Weekend Kickoff Party: The Naughty Blokes and 3-Legged Dog, 8:30 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. No cover.

360-445-4733.

Anacortes High School Jazz Band, A Town Big Band: 7 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

The Walrus: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

Amanda Fitch Duo: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

Minor Plains, Nasalrod, Rubix Shoes, Grid Hopper: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

Iron Horse: 6 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-9822649.

Marvin J (swing, rock, blues): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

No cover. 360-3543600.

MUSIC

“Jay White is America’s Diamond” (Neil Diamond tribute): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $21-$25. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

SATURDAY.31 Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Festival seating, all tickets $10, available at the door two hours before curtain. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Sunday.1 THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Tuesday.3

Thursday.5

MUSIC

THEATER

Metales M5: School time performances and masterclass: 10 a.m. (grades 2-6) and noon (grades 6-12), McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $5. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Beer night. Ticket price includes two tickets for beer (ages 21 and older) or cider. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“McQuadle: A Dragon’s Tale” (comedy): 7 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 905 McGarigle Road, Sedro-Woolley. $5 adult, $3 ages 17 and younger. 360-855-3520.

SUNDAY.1 Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

MONDAY.2 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

Scott Kelly and The Road Home: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-7781067.

WEDNESDAY.4 Savage Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

THURSDAY.5 Kerry and the Keepers (blues, country, rock): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 29-February 5

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 30-February 5

Thursday.29

FRIDAY.30

SATURDAY.31

WAYNE HAYTON 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-4453000.

SUPER BOWL WEEKEND KICKOFF PARTY The Naughty Blokes (pictured) and 3-Legged Dog, 8:30 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. No cover.

THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.30-31 ‘THE RAINMAKER’ Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com. Pictured: Amanda James and Tom Ochiai.

Friday.30 DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-4245144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

THURSDAY.29

Saturday.31

Broken Bow Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-9822649.

DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-4245144 or altatheatre.com.

FRIDAY.30 Wayne Hayton: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Midnight Son: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Cleopatra Degher: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Prom Queen, Ben Von Wildenhaus, Cheeto Dust (former PRND): 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

“Jay White is America’s Diamond” (Neil Diamond tribute): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $21$25. 877-275-2448.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Super Bowl Weekend Kickoff Party: The Naughty Blokes and 3-Legged Dog, 8:30 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. No cover.

360-445-4733.

Anacortes High School Jazz Band, A Town Big Band: 7 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

The Walrus: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

Amanda Fitch Duo: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

Minor Plains, Nasalrod, Rubix Shoes, Grid Hopper: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

Iron Horse: 6 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-9822649.

Marvin J (swing, rock, blues): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

No cover. 360-3543600.

MUSIC

“Jay White is America’s Diamond” (Neil Diamond tribute): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $21-$25. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

SATURDAY.31 Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Festival seating, all tickets $10, available at the door two hours before curtain. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Sunday.1 THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Tuesday.3

Thursday.5

MUSIC

THEATER

Metales M5: School time performances and masterclass: 10 a.m. (grades 2-6) and noon (grades 6-12), McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $5. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Beer night. Ticket price includes two tickets for beer (ages 21 and older) or cider. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“McQuadle: A Dragon’s Tale” (comedy): 7 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 905 McGarigle Road, Sedro-Woolley. $5 adult, $3 ages 17 and younger. 360-855-3520.

SUNDAY.1 Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

MONDAY.2 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

Scott Kelly and The Road Home: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-7781067.

WEDNESDAY.4 Savage Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

THURSDAY.5 Kerry and the Keepers (blues, country, rock): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS

2:45 to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday at the Shelter TULIP FEST AMBASSA- Bay Clubhouse in La DORS: Fourth- and fifthConner. New members grade boys and girls from welcome. No need to be a Skagit County can compete Shelter Bay resident. 360to be selected as the 2015 466-3805.

Tulip Festival ambassadors at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, LOVE TO SING? Join at the Cascade Mall center the women of Harmony court, 201 Cascade Mall Northwest Chorus from Drive, Burlington. Applica- 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Montions must be submitted by day at the Mount Vernon 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. For Senior Center, 1401 Cleveinformation or an applica- land Ave. Seeking women tion, contact the Tulip Fes- who like to sing a cappella tival office at 360-428-5959 music. All skill levels welor tulipfestival.org. come.

MUSIC

ANACORTES OPEN CALL FOR MUSICIANS: MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete, is looking for 412 Commercial Ave., Anamusicians to perform easy- cortes. 360-293-2544. listening acoustic music OPEN MIC: 7 to 10 p.m. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 12, Conway during Sunday Brunch. In Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, exchange, musicians will receive audience contribu- Conway. 360-445-3000. tions and a meal. 360-853OPEN MIC: Jam night, 8700 or info@5bsbakery.

9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thurscom. days, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., ConTIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time way. 360-445-4733.

Fiddlers play acoustic old RECREATION time music at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth FIDALGO QUILTERS: Fridays of each month at Fidalgo Island Quilters the Mount Vernon Senior will meet Monday, Feb. Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. 2, at 12:30 and 7 p.m. at Free; donations accepted.

Westminster Presbyterian 360-630-9494.

Church, 1300 Ninth St., Anacortes. The speaker SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC will be Barbara Lee Smith, CLUB: The club welcomes who holds a MFA degree performers (intermediate in mixed media with an on and above), listeners and textiles (barbaraleesmith. guests to join the fun at com). All invited; no quilt1:45 p.m. today, Jan. 29, at ing experience needed.

Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland Contact: June Cook, St., Mount Vernon. Come juneco47@gmail.com, 360and sing, play the club’s 333-9311. piano or organ, play your own instrument or just VOLUNTEER OPPORenjoy a variety of music — TUNITIES: The Coastal ’20s to ’70s classical, popu- Volunteer Partnership at lar, western and gospel.

Padilla Bay invites anyFree. For information, call one interested in explorElaine at 360-428-4228. ing expanded volunteer opportunities, programs SHELTER BAY CHORUS: and trainings to an open Practices are held from house from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 30, at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 10441 Bayview Edison Road, Mount Vernon. Represented groups include Padilla Bay NEER, Padilla Bay Foundation, Skagit Marine Resource Council, Friends of Skagit Beaches and the Skagit County Clean Water Program. For information, contact Catherine Buchalski at 360-428-1559 or cbuchalski@padillabay.gov.

GUIDED INTERPRETIVE WALKS:

n Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center, Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. Join the Forest Service and trained naturalists for a guided eagle ecology walk near the Skagit River at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 31. Free. n Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway 20, Rockport. Join trained naturalists for a guided hike to learn about old growth forests, eagle habitat and more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fridays through Sundays, through Feb. 15. Visit the Discovery Center for crafts activities and a crackling fire. Discover Pass required. n Marblemount Fish Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatchery Road, Marblemount.

Tour the fish hatchery with Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group volunteers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 31. 1. Learn about the salmon life cycle, hatchery operations, habitat needs of salmon and other local wildlife, including bald eagles. Self-guided tours are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Free.

ARCHERY SHOOT: Silver Arrow Bowmen will host a 3-D target archery shoot from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 31, at 20409

E. Hickox Road, Mount Vernon. The 3-D shoot features a walk-through course with life-size foam animal targets. The shoot also will include a string walk shoot with an unknown number of targets hidden in the foliage, as well as demonstrations of traditional style crafts including a bowyer demonstrating how to carve a bow. $10 ages 17 and older, $7 ages 12-16, $5 ages 7-11, free for peewee shooters. silverarrowbowmen.com.

WINTER WALK: Join Friends of Camano Island Parks on a guided community walk Saturday, Feb. 7, at Camano Ridge Forest Preserve. Meet at 9:50 a.m. at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive. The walk climbs the hill to the trailhead, and the first halfmile of trail has a 200-foot elevation gain. Trails on top are level. The 3.3-mile round trip takes approximately two hours, rain or shine. No dogs. friendsofcamanoislandparks.org.

TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount Vernon Trail Builders seeks volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance at Little Mountain Park in Mount Vernon. Planned projects include a new trail and bicycle skills park. Familyfriendly work sessions are held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, rain or shine. Lunch, snacks, tools and training are provided. For information, call Mount Vernon Parks and

Recreation at 360-336-6215 or visit mountvernontrailbuilders.com. Next up: Feb. 14, 28; March 14, 28; April 11, 25.

bird mounts and nests, plus animal skulls and pelts for close examination. Local naturalists will talk about the displays and, weather permitting, a scope will be available to observe shorebirds on the bay. Discover Pass or Day Pass required for park admission. 360387-2236 or camanowild lifehabitat.org.

FREE DAY IN THE FOREST: The U.S. Forest Service will recognize Presidents Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Monday, Feb. 16.

“YOGA FOUNDATIONS: Fees will be waived at most Getting Confident with day-use sites on the forest.

Yoga”: 4 to 5 p.m. Thurswww.fs.usda.gov/mbs. days, Feb. 5-26, Burlington Parks and Recreation BOATING COURSE: Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Skagit Bay Sail & Power Ave., Burlington. This Squadron will offer its Boat Engine Maintenance series will prepare participants to comfortably and Course from 7 to 9 p.m.

Mondays, Feb. 23-April 27, confidently attend regular at Skagit Valley Hospital in yoga classes. The first three Mount Vernon. The course sessions will teach basic yoga postures and breath includes inboards, outboards and diesel engines, techniques. The final session will combine what has and covers the basics of been learned into the flowengine layout and operastyle class. Mats available tion, drive systems, steerto borrow, or purchase a ing systems and engine controls, as well as problem new mat from the instructor. $30. Preregister by Feb. diagnosis and do-it-your4. 360-755-9649 self repairs. $150, $175 for two sharing a book. Space is limited. Register by Feb. THEATER 5. Contact George Johnson FREE ADULT ACTING at 360-420-0795 or george- CLASSES: Anacortes andsandy@comcast.net.

Community Theatre offers free acting classes for ANIMALS & BIRDS: adults from 10 a.m. to 1 Camano Wildlife Habip.m. the third Saturday tat Project will present each month at 918 M “What animals and birds Ave., Anacortes. Hosted do we find in our yards?”

by Nello Bottari, classes from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, include theme monologues, Jan. 31, in the Store and scripted scenes, improv Whale Room at Cama games and more, with a Beach State Park, 1880 SW different topic each month.

Each class is independent, Camano Drive, Camano so you don’t have to comIsland. The informal premit to every session. 360sentation will include displays of many of the park’s 840-0089 or acttheatre.

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HOT TICKETS RUSS FREEMAN AND THE RIPPINGTONS: Jan. 29-Feb. 1, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE: with Matt Costa: Jan. 30, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“THE RAINMAKER”: Jan. 30-Feb. 15, Alger Community Church, Alger. 360-4245144 or www.altatheatre.com.

“ROMEO & JULIET, THE MUSICAL”: Jan. 30-Feb. 15, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

BILL FRISELL: Jan. 31, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

KIP MOORE: Jan. 31, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

MELISSA ALDANA AND CRASH TRIO: Feb. 2, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

2015 SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY: Hosted by Chris Gethard, with Ty Segall, Tacocat, The Young Evils: Feb. 3, The Neptune, Seattle. Free tickets available at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Paramount Theatre box office.

MARCIA BALL: Feb. 3-4, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

LOGIC: Feb. 5, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL”: Feb. 5-March 1, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle.

888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

JEFFREY OSBORNE: Feb. 5-8, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DR. DOG: Feb. 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

JIMMY WEBB: Feb. 10-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE: Feb. 11, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“J’ADORE: A BURLESQUE VALENTINE”: The Atomic Bombshells: Feb. 11-14, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net.

BILLY IDOL: Feb. 13, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation. com.

MIRANDA LAMBERT: Feb. 13, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

“WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY?”: with Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray: Feb. 13-14, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, Anacortes. 888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

USC LOVES YOU: Ummet Ozcan, Jack Beats and more: Feb. 14, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

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KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE: RUN DMC REMIXD: featuring Vockab Kompany: Feb. 19, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

NETTWORK: Feb. 19-22, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

COLD WAR KIDS: Feb. 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

IRATION: Feb. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BORGORE: Feb. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

3 REDNECK TENORS: “From Rags to Rednecks”: Feb. 21, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

THE ROBERT CRAY BAND: Feb. 22, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

LOTUS: Feb. 22, The Showbox, Seattle.

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ANDY GRAMMER, ALEX & SIERRA: Feb. 24, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO: Feb. 24-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BO BURNHAM: Feb. 25, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

LEIGHTON MEESTER: Feb. 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GALACTIC: Feb. 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT: Feb. 28, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

JOSHUA RADIN: March 1, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

CARIBOU: March 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: March 5, 2015, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbaker theatre.com.

KELLER WILLIAMS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: March 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

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E12 - Thursday, January 29, 2015

TRAVEL FAMILY TRAVEL FIVE

Sneak in some science on your next trip

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

Let science lead the way on your next family adventure. Here are five ideas to consider: 1. Edison Festival, Fort Myers, Florida: Visit this sunny city to learn about legendary luminary Thomas Edison. In February, Fort Myers celebrates the birth of its accomplished historic resident with the 77th annual Edison Festival of Light.

Visit his 20-acre estate, which includes an expansive collection of artifacts, including the scientist’s first telegraph and telephone.

Check out the craft shows and consider participating in the 5K or junior fun run. Take note of the main boulevard’s palm tree-lined beauty; more than 200 of the palm trees were imported from Cuba and planted by Edison. edisonfestival.org 2. National Geographic Museum, Washington, D.C.: Ready to explore? You’ll be inspired by a visit to the headquarters of this legendary society, where stunning photography and stories of science and adventure

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unfold through interactive exhibits, film and lectures.

Later, stop by the museum shop for an extensive collection of maps, books and artisan crafts. nationalgeographic.com 3. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Discover the mathematical patterns that surround us in the natural world — from the delicate nested spirals of a sunflower’s seeds to the ridges of a mountain range — in this museum’s compelling new exhibit, “Numbers in Nature.” Wander through the 1,800-square-foot mirror maze or make your way to a small secret room where

bonus puzzles and imagery wait. A theater and handson exhibits further enhance the experience. msichicago. org 4. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: With more than 472,900 feet of exhibit space on five floors and 29 acres, this extraordinary nonprofit institution has been entertaining and educating families since 1925. At what is considered the world’s largest children’s museum, families are charmed by a historic carousel and inspired by exhibits that explain how plant science can help the world by cleaning up oil spills and

cultivating healthy food. childrensmuseum.org 5. Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, Ohio: This dynamic, handson science center in central Ohio has more than 300 interactive exhibitions, some 100,000 square feet of exhibit space and recently added a planetarium.

Youngsters will enjoy “One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” which provides a chance to learn about the night sky with their pals from Sesame Street. cosi.org n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of familytravel. com. Email her at lohayes familytravel.com.

Airfares are expected to fall, according to Expedia study percent this year, according to a study by the travel comThanks to lower fuel pany Expedia Inc. prices and the continued “Overall, slight increases growth of low-cost airlines, in demand and larger 2015 may be a good year for increases in supply, comair travelers. bined with declining fuel Airfares for popular des- prices, should lead to lower tinations such as Las Vegas, prices in North America and New York, San Diego and Europe in 2015,” according Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are to the report. expected to drop by up to 11 Expedia also cited the Los Angeles Times

growth of low-cost carriers such as Frontier and Spirit Airlines, which may spur competitive price slashing among the major network carriers.

But not everyone agrees with Expedia’s forecast.

American Express released a report in November, predicting that airfares in North America would rise

in 2015 from 1 percent to 6 percent, depending on the length of the flight and the seat category.

Rick Seaney, chief executive of fare monitoring site Farecompare.com, predicts that fares for domestic flights will remain mostly unchanged in 2015 because airlines face very little pressure to cut prices.

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SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recre SENIOR CENTER ation offers travel opporTRIPS: Skagit County tunities for ages 8 and senior centers offer older (adult supervision short, escorted trips. required for ages 18 and For information, call the younger). Trips depart Anacortes Senior Center from and return to Hillat 360-293-7473 or sign crest Park, 1717 S. 13th up at your local senior St., Mount Vernon. For center. Next up: information or to register, Northwest Flower & call 360-336-6215.

Garden Show: 8:30 a.m. Next up: to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. Bakeries Galore Tour: 13. Venture to Seattle 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to check out the annual Saturday, Feb. 14. Enjoy gardening extravaganza, just about every sweet with show gardens, doztreat imaginable — pies, ens of free horticultural cakes, macaroons, seminars, hundreds of tarts, breads, cookies, marketplace exhibitors donuts and more — as and more. $59. Register you visit award-winning

by Feb. 4. bakeries and gourmet “Pompeii: The Exhibispecialty stores in the tion” at the Pacific Scigreater Seattle area. ence Center in Seattle: Also includes time for a 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednes- no-host lunch and exploday, Feb. 18. Experience ration of Pike Place MarPompeii before and after ket. $55-$57. Register the epic eruption of

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8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Check out TRAVEL TALES: Anathe 42nd annual Spring cortes Public Library, Festival Celebration in 1220 10th St., AnaVancouver, B.C., home of cortes, will offer the folthe largest Chinatown in lowing free talks: Canada. Enjoy the New “Wild Encounters: The Year Parade with lion Sacred & Profane”: 7 dances, dance troupes, p.m. Wednesday, Feb. marching bands and 4. Author, photographer more. The adjoining fesand naturalist Christina tival is a cultural extravaNealson shares tales ganza not to be missed. and images of wildlife Proof of citizenship (curshe encountered during a rent passport, enhanced 10-year RV odyssey. driver’s license or NEXUS “Researching a Backcard) is required to cross country Book”: 7 p.m. the border. Expect lots of Wednesday, Feb. 11. walking during the day.

Fishing author John E. $68-$70. Register by Moore presents a slideFeb. 17. show of Washington, Idaho and Montana back- TRAVEL PRESENTAcountry he visited while TION: Learn about doing research for his upcoming extended trips fishing and hiking books. at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, 23, at the Oak Harbor or library.cityofanacortes. Senior Activity Center, org.

51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. The presentation VIKING RIVER CRUISE: will cover a trip to Eastern A free presentation high- Canada leaving May 31 lighting Viking Cruises and a Nov. 3 departure will be held at 6 p.m. for Italy. For an e-brochure Wednesday, Feb. 11, at and details on these AAA Travel and Cruise, trips or a May 30 Alaska 1600 E. College Way, cruise, contact Pat at Suite A, Mount Vernon.

360-279-4582 or email RSVP: 360-848-2090. pgardner@oakharbor.org.

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E14 - Thursday, January 29, 2015

MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

NEW THIS WEEK

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

Jillian Estell and Kevin Costner star in “Black or White.”

Relativity Media via AP

“BLACK OR WHITE” is a frank, touching and very well-acted melodrama about child custody and cultural perceptions of “blackness” and “the race card,” and could have earned Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner fresh Oscar nominations.

Mike “The Upside of Anger” Binder’s latest teaming with Costner has more anger, mixed with alcoholism and a bitterness that may mask racism.

Elliot Anderson (Costner) tells his granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell), “We had a bad night last night.” Turns out, the little girl’s grandmother died. Granddad’s been drinking pretty much ever since.

A couple of days pass, with him drinking and driving her to school and stumbling through tying a ribbon in her hair.

She needs him to ease off the sauce, to be tough with her, the way grandma was.

Eloise is of mixed race. Her mom’s gone and her African-American dad isn’t in the picture. But those phone messages Elliot is ignoring? Not returning that call is going to cost him.

Grandma Rowena (she goes by “Wee Wee”) wants to see her grandchild.

Elliot’s kept them apart, and his reassurances “Come by any time you like” aren’t sincere. Wee Wee (Spencer) has a brother (Anthony Mackie) who is, like Elliot, a high-powered corporate attorney. The custody fight to come will be about “support, community, history.” She doesn’t think her not-quite-in-law is raising the kid “black” enough.

“She’s NOT black!” he counters.

“She’s HALF black!”

Binder and Costner soften whatever racial attitudes that Elliot keeps under wraps, in between drinks. Elliot hires a math tutor for this kid, an African overachiever (Mpho Koaho) who becomes n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

the ever-drunk Elliot’s driver and comical confidante.

The script sets us up to buy into stereotypes, then flips those on their head. The rich suburbanite isn’t some cross-burner, though we start to wonder. And Wee Wee may live in South Central Los Angeles with a vast brood of kids and grand-kids surrounding her, but she’s a successful entrepreneur. Her son (Andre Holland) seems like a crack-smoking cliche, but Spencer’s innate intelligence and fight make Wee Wee a nurturer, upbeat, positive, even if one of her kids is a bad apple.

Binder’s film decidedly tilts toward his (white) point of view, but the games he plays with expectations are fun — a black female judge (Paula Newsome) who stares down the outspoken Wee Wee in court, the conservative white guy who rolls into South Central with the ultra of rapper rides, a black Escalade. Having Elliot hallucinate his dead wife (Jennifer Ehle) but get no advice from her is a twist. As with “Anger,” Binder’s characters fire off glib, politically incorrect insults, and characters make some pretty solid arguments in favor of their political incorrectness.

Maybe it plays it too safe, and Costner, an actor doing some of his best work decades after “Dances With Wolves,” should have found more testy edge to this guy, just to make us uncertain about his darkest feelings. But “Black or White” makes a very entertaining movie for a post-Obama America, a smartly observed story that recognizes we may never be a postracial America.

1:39. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language, thematic material involving drug use and drinking, and for a fight.

HHH

“American Sniper” — Clint Eastwood directs a powerful, intense portrayal of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, hardly the blueprint candidate to become the most prolific sniper in American military history. And yet that’s what happened. In maybe the best performance of his career, Bradley Cooper infuses Chris with humanity and dignity. And vulnerability. War drama, R, 132 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Big Eyes” — As he did with “Ed Wood,” director Tim Burton takes a kitschy slice of 20th-century pop culture -- the woman who painted children with huge eyes and the husband who took credit for them — and turns it into a special film. This is the kind of movie that has you smiling nearly all the way throughout at the sheer inspired madness of it all. Biography, PG-13, 105 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Big Hero 6” — Disney’s animated story about a teenager befriending a health-care robot is a big, gorgeous adventure with wonderful voice performances, some dark undertones that give the story more depth, an uplifting message and more than a few laugh-out-loud moments. Animation action comedy, PG, 108 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Black Sea” — A laid-off submarine captain (a rousing Jude Law) leads an underwater mission to recover Nazi gold in an action film that, after a promising start, takes a jarring, hard port into Looney Tunes Land and never recovers. Action thriller, R, 114 minutes. HH “Cake” — Jennifer Aniston delivers a strong, vanity-free performance as a woman physically and emotionally scarred from a horrific tragedy. But as “Cake” swerves from dark comedy to cringe-inducing unpleasantness to heavy melodrama, her efforts can’t elevate the work anywhere near the level of something special. Drama, R, 98 minutes.

HH “Foxcatcher” — Disturbing and memorable, “Foxcatcher” is based on a bizarre true story, and even if you know exactly what happens, when it does happen, it’s shocking.

Steve Carell nails the role of a rich eccentric, with Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo revelatory as the wrestlers he mentors. Sports drama, R, 134 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Interstellar” — What a beautiful and epic film is “Interstellar,” filled with great performances, tingling our senses with masterful special effects, daring to be openly sentimental, asking gigantic questions about the meaning of life and leaving us drained and grateful for the experience. Adventure/mystery/sci-fi, PG-13, 169 minutes. HHHH “Nightcrawler” — As a freelance vulture who records video of crime and crash scenes for TV news, Jake Gyllenhaal plays one of the most disturbing movie characters of the year.

But the film veers from dark satire to tense crime thriller before the tires come off near the end, leaving the entire vehicle just short of worth recommending. Crime thriller, R, 117 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Into the Woods” — Adapted from the

sensational musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt head an A-list cast. “Into the Woods” rumbles on for too long and has some dry patches here and there, but just when we’re growing fidgety, we get another rousing musical number or another dark plot twist, and we’re back in business. Musical fantasy, PG, 124 minutes. HHH “Taken 3” — This tired, gratuitously violent, ridiculous and laughably stupid entry in a franchise that started out with at least an intriguing idea and a few solid moments now should be put out of its misery. Liam Neeson reprises and Forest Whitaker adds some panache as the obligatory top cop, but what got “Taken” was 112 minutes of my life.

Action, PG-13, 112 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Babadook” — This Australian horror movie is about a single mom haunted by a monstrous creature from a pop-up book.

This is the scariest movie of the year. Horror, not rated, 94 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “The Gambler” — This remake gives the James Caan self-destructive gambler role to Mark Wahlberg, as a narcissistic brat, and not the complex kind. Supporting characters played by John Goodman, Brie Larson and others are more interesting. Drama thriller, R, 101 minutes. HH1⁄2 “The Humbling” — Al Pacino is all over the place playing a famous actor who goes to rehab after falling off the stage. As madcap characters keep entering and exiting his life, yelling at him and kissing him and berating him and making strange requests of him, fantasy and reality intertwine in a manner I found more maddening than intriguing. Comedy, R, 113 minutes. HH “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1” — The latest Katniss Everdeen adventure is a rousing yet often bleak and downbeat film that focuses a lot more on tragedies and setbacks than applause-generating heroics. Ultimately it serves as a solid if unspectacular first lap around the track of a two-lap race.

Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 123 minutes.

HHH “The Interview” — For any cyber-terrorist to be threatened by something as ridiculously over-the-top, as cartoonishly goofy as “The Interview” is just plain stupid. At times laugh-out-loud funny, it stars Seth Rogen and James Franco in an endless parade of scatological humor and homosexual doubleentendre jokes with a smattering of political commentary. Comedy, R, 112 minutes.

HHH “The Theory of Everything” — Playing the young Stephen Hawking from reckless Cambridge student to brilliant physicist, Eddie Redmayne undergoes a remarkable transformation. But it’s a memorable performance in a rather ordinary love story about his romance with future wife, Jane (Felicity Jones).

Biography, PG-13, 123 minutes.

HH1⁄2 “The Wedding Ringer” — Despite the considerable charisma of Josh Gad as a friendless groom and Kevin Hart as the ringer he hires as his best man, this crude circus has only one or two genuinely inspired bits of comedy, and its premise is insanely

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OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Jan. 30-Feb. 5 UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz ANACORTES CINEMAS (NR): Saturday: 7 p.m.

Jan. 30-Feb. 5 The Metropolitan Opera: Strange Magic (PG): 1:20, 3:35 Les Contes d’Hoffman The Wedding Ringer (R): (NR): Sat: 9:55 a.m.

Paddington (PG): Friday: Friday: 6:50, 9:00; Saturday-Sunday: 10:35, 6:50; 1:45, 6:55; Saturday: 2:00, 6:55; Sunday: 1:45, Monday-Thursday: 6:50 American Sniper (R): 6:55; Monday-Thursday: Friday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 1:45 9:15; Saturday: 10:15, American Sniper (R) 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; – Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30; Sunday- Sunday: 10:15, 1:00, Thursday: 1:15, 4:00, 6:45 3:45, 6:30; Monday-Thurs The Imitation Game (PG- day: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 13): Friday-Saturday: 1:30, The Imitation Game (PG4:10, 6:35, 9:00; Sunday- 13): Friday: 1:10, 3:55, Thursday: 1:30, 4:10, 6:35 6:40, 9:10; Saturday: The Theory of Everything 10:25, 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:10; Sunday: 10:25, (PG-13): Friday: 3:45, 1:10, 3:55, 6:40; Monday9:15; Saturday: 3:55, 9:15; Sunday: 3:45; Mon- Thursday: 1:10, 3:55, 6:40 day-Thursday: 3:45, 6:55 360-279-2226 360-293-6620 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC4FUN (888-262-4386).

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ridiculous. Comedy, R, 101 minutes. H1⁄2 “Top Five” — Chris Rock writes, directs and stars in a seriously funny, semi-autobiographical film that might be the most accomplished work he’s ever done for the big screen. Even when the dialogue and the visual humor are hardcore vulgar, even when his character hits rock bottom, there’s a real sense of joy about this film. Comedy, R, 101 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Unbroken” — Angelina Jolie directs the well-known story of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who spent more than two years as a POW in World

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STANWOOD CINEMAS Jan. 30-Feb. 5 The Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes d’Hoffman (NR): Sat: 9:55 a.m.

Project Almanac (PG-13): 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Mortdecai (R): 1:20, 3:40, 6:40, 9:00 Strange Magic (PG): Friday: 1:30, 3:45, 6:35; Saturday: 3:45, 6:35; Sunday-Thursday: 1:30, 3:45, 6:35 Paddington (PG): 1:40 American Sniper (R): 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:05 The Imitation Game (PG13): 3:55, 6:45, 9:10 The Theory of Everything (PG-13): 8:45 p.m.

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War II. It’s an ambitious, sometimes moving film that suffers from a little too much self-conscious nobility, and far too many scenes of sadistic brutality. War biography, PG-13, 137 minutes.

HH1⁄2 “Wild” — The more time we spend with former heroin addict Cheryl Strayed, the more we feel the change in this young woman’s heart and spirit as she hikes 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail by herself. It’s a raw, beautiful performance

by Reese Witherspoon, and Laura Dern is warm and wonderful as her mother. Drama, R, 115 minutes. HHH1⁄2

DAWN RICHARD, “Blackheart” — Best known as an original member of Danity Kane, R&B singer Dawn Richard left the group last year (again) after a public kerfuffle revealed deep divisions among the crew. No disrespect to the others, but Richard is thriving without them. Over the last few years she’s issued a series of works that hinted at a wildly visionary approach to soul sonics, and she’s gone even further on “Blackheart.”

A collaboration with the Los Angeles producer Noisecastle III, Richards’ second studio album is thick with synth-based polyrhythms and layers of Richard’s often breathtaking voice. When delivered straight, it’s solid and pitch perfect. More often, though, she and Noisecastle run her words through strange filters, electronically manipulating it to move from male bass to female soprano and beyond. She merges her words with Vocoders like she’s rolling onto Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn,” hums with Giorgio Moroder-like synth throbs. The result is magnetic future funk, rife with Roland 909 tones, British drum and bass accents and much left-field surprise.

created together with Barney (never officially mentioned by name in the lyrics) crumble before her. As the album unfolds, “Vulnicura” proves to be one of the most approachable collections of songs she has unleashed upon the public since 2001.

this music just for you, and that you’re the only person in the world that matters.

Unfortunately, while one would be correct in admiring this group’s emotional endurance, it’s not long after “Then Came the Morning” that the law of diminishing returns begins to kick in fast.

Over the course of 13 tracks, this emotional rollercoaster tactic wears out pretty quickly.

hers so timeless, and she knows how to make songs sound like they are her own, even if she had no part in writing them. n Colin McGuire, popmatters. com

JIM WHITE VS. THE PACKWAY HANDLE BAND, “Take It Like a Man” — Following the conceit of the “versus” listed in the artists’ THE LONE BELLOW, category (“Jim White vs. The “Then Came the Morning” Packway Handle Band”) — On the band’s self-titled n Brice Ezell, popmatters. title, on “Take it Like a debut and now its sophocom Man” White and the band more outing, “Then Came the Morning,” the Lone BETTYE LAVETTE, “Wor- alternately offer songs with just one co-written between Bellow spends each song thy” — The Detroit singer them (“Corn Pone Refubuilding up to a euphoric sticks to that formula on moment of catharsis, with her latest and excellent set, gee”). It’s not always easy to know who wrote which the group’s vocal harmonies “Worthy.” Calling up songs songs here, but it doesn’t in perfect unison, note for written by everyone from matter. They all share the note. One could accuse the Bob Dylan to Linford Detsame exuberant vitality, Lone Bellow of many things, weiler, LaVette sounds as but being insincere is not assured as ever, that scratchy strangeness, and imaginative one of them. croon tap-dancing on top of look at life, God, the weather, and other people.

Listening to “Then Came light soul grooves as good the Morning,” it’s easy to as it always has. She knows n Steve Horowitz, popmat feel that the trio wrote what makes that voice of ters.com n Ryan Lathan, popmatters. com

n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times

BJÖRK, “Vulnicura” — On Björk’s ninth album “Vulnicura,” the microscope has been turned inward on the Icelandic musician, brutally chronicling the dissolution of her relationship with longtime partner, avantgarde NY filmmaker and sculptor Matthew Barney.

Through a sumptuously orchestrated song cycle, Björk explores her fears, frustrations and despair at watching the world she

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